1st Edition

New Kingdom Royal City

By Lacovara Copyright 1997
218 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1997. The aim of this study is to re-appraise the evidence for planned communities in ancient Egypt by reviewing published and unpublished data along with my own fieldwork at the site of Deir el-Ballas.

Town planning in ancient Egypt - a historical overview; palaces; administrative buildings; workmen's villages; houses; the royal city; ancient Egyptian urban design; Deir el-Ballas and the development of the New Kingdom Royal City.

Biography

Peter Lacovara